Fort Hamilton High School - Tower Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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EPTENIBER 8 The first Senior as- semhly Well. here we are. Seniors at long last! We stand ereet. now proudly wearing rings on our fingers. keys at our necks, and senior pins on our sweaters and shirts. Today. we were officially reeognized at our first assemhly. Several of our classmates per- formed for us. Wie took oaths as Seniors. and met our Senior Danee Band. OCTOBER l l+Swimming Party Vvaterlogged-that's what we were after a great swimming party, the first Social event of our Senior year. We had a grand time as we invaded the St. George Pool. The hoys took to high diving and hdurk- ing. while we girls took to escaping or jllrl plain having a terrifie time. OCTOBER 2 T-Ha l lowe'en Dance Tonight. the Boy's Gym was a far ery from the somewhat dreary plaee it usually is. It was all deeked out for our danee: seareerows and pumpkins hung from the walls. and hal- loons and streamers from the ceiling. The kids all gathered here for a wonderful time. Wie daneed to a very good hand whieh came equipped with a ealler who ealled some real crazy square dam-es. ur Senior NOVEMBER 23gHay Ride It was a erisp. clear evening when the wagon pulled out of the Clove l.ake Stahles. hut the fellas and gals were well equipped with hlankets and plenty of hay. A wonderful time was had hy all as we sang. ate and were just plain jolly. JANUARY Qlialmpromptu Sleighing Party Much to our delight. it snowed today so we Seniors deeided to meet in Bliss Park and go sleigh-riding. It was grand. We had a huge honfire and got quite tired out sleighing hve and six to- gether down the hills FEBRUARY l+Swinnning Party Unee again the Fort Hamilton Seniors in- vaded the St. George Pool. We had another wonderful time even though we left little water in the pool after all we swallowed. We eoneoeted a whole hunch of new water games and delighted in joining in a lot ol. them. FEBRUARY 8eeSenior Day The Red Day of Triumph had finally ar- rived: all you eould see all day was RED: dresses, suits. ties. shoes. flowers and lolli- IJUP5. To start out our great day. the Senior Show SENIOR RIUTY' was put on. It was really terrific! It showed a supposedly. typical Sen- ior elass at Fort Hamilton. The rest of the day we were lords and masters-envied hy all. Some of us even took

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Acti ities over elasses. XX e all had eakes at luneh. Flash hulhs popped all dav. At 3 Pll. the sehool had a danee for us: it plll the Hnishing toueh on the most unfor- gettalrle dav at Fort Hamilton High Sehool. FEHHKARY 2lATheater Party Tonight we lieeame theater-goers. Wie went to see The Happiest Nlillionaire with Vw al- ter Pidgeon. It was a hilarious play and onee again gave us the ehanee to go stepping in stvle. Nl.-XHCH 20---fSenior Celehrities Assemhlv 'liodav we were introduced to our Senior Celehrities whom we eleeted to represent us as the prettiest. the handsomest. the hest dressed. ete. Some of our eelelis performed. hut we met them all. We ended our assemhlv with the Sm-hool Songfmavhe just a little praetiee for Graduation. MARCH 23-Swimming Partv Boy we sure are the swinnning-est huneh of Seniors! This makes the third time that we have invaded the St. George Pool. Rv now' we are all set for the Ulvmpies. By' the end of the evening evervone was terrihlv wet. hut happv nonetheless. Nl.-XY lfglheater Partv Unee again we have heeome theater-goers. This time we went to the Citv Center to see Pajama Game. It was a verv good show and no one regretted going in the least. even though manv of us hegan to feel the height from the hah-onv. 5,5 gi ps' Xl -Xl '79 Senior l rom Night we li id dreamed ol smee we w' e r e freshmen was finally here. Ev- ervthing. was more wonderful than we had ex- peeted---the heautiful dresses, the handsome tuxedos. the dinner, the musie. our escorts. and our elassmates. We had the greatest time in the wee hours of the morning as we painted the town red. And even though it wasnit too greatly appre- eiated at home when we got in in time to luring in the morning milk. we had a wonder- ful evening and didnit mind the after efleets in the least. .UNE 27- Ct DNINIENCENIENT The end was here and we all had to fave it: 501116 were perhaps a little more reluctant to leave than others. l-lowever. we all joined in this our dav with a little sadness mainlv hevause of the thought of leaving so manv of our friends and saving good-hve to the good times we had in Fort Hamilton. It was a dav of pride for hoth ourselves and our parents. who joined with llr on this happv oeeasion. li ale Tollefsen